General Chat

You find a £20 note blowing around the front garden. No one is in sight so you can't ask if its theirs.

The milk man did make deliveries during the early hours, but he usually only asks for payment at the end of the month.

Although an early Christmas present is always welcome, it doesn't seem right to pocket it.

It is one note, not a whole bundle.

Hang on to it in case somebody asks but, if they don't, keep it or donate it to some worthy cause of your choice.

I would feel the same but you do not know who it belongs to so what can you do. Put it to one side in case someone asks about it. Is your garden fenced off, if not it could be the milk mans and you could ask if he was missing any money. If your garden is open then it could have come from anywhere especially if it is windy like it is here.

It is open with only the occassional flower bed/shrub as boundaries. The wind is creating eddies, so we can't even work out which direction its come from.

While not ruling out the milkman, it isn't the end of the month! We could make some enquiries with the only person we know who actually has a delivery even though it could have come from further afield.

Failing that. we'll make sure it goes to a good cause.

Yes I was thinking the same Det. a charity of your choice maybe.

I agree with Sharron. Keep it for a week, say, and if nobody asks about it then donate it to charity.

My son once found a £5 note in the street (years ago) and took it to the local police station. He got it back some weeks later as it hadn't been claimed but I don't think I would do that these days - and we don't have a local police station now anyway.

Kath. x

Yes, I agree with those who said hang onto it in case you hear of anyone missing it. Then donate to charity.

The neighbour says she stopped the milk deliveries a couple of years again, and car washing-insomniac thinks we are the only person who has one down this end of the road.

We'll ask the immediate neighbours if they might have dropped it. Failing that, the food bank will have an extra £20 worth of donations.

Don't tell the neighbours how much it is. Just ask if they lost any money. I have found notes in the past & when I asked my neighbour if she had lost £10 - Oh yes she said but I knew she hadn't cos she never leaves the house. Her kids do all the shopping.

Yep - although we consider them honest, we won't tempt fate. ;-)
One of them says his girls, aged 3-9, have gone shopping. He knows that its a bank note less than £50 but that's about it.

Good advice Phyll. I would do that and then if no takers it would go straight to one of my chosen charities

Kath - unless its high value, I don't think the police are all that interested in lost & found now. You're supposed to make your own enquires!

A few years ago a Colleague said she and her teenage daughter found £100 dropped on a store floor. This was close to Christmas. They kept it and couldn't understand why I thought that was despicable. Their mantra was 'Finders, Keepers'. :-|

Case solved!

'Aunty', who took the girls shopping, was holding both cash and a mobile phone while she left the house. Although she wasn't sure how much, she realised that she was £40-£60 short when she went to pay for something.

We've found another £10 in a hedge. The older 2 girls (and probably Aunty) are being sent on a scavenger hunt :-D

I hope they find some more of what the have lost. Its a lot of money to lose thanks to people like yourself they have not lost all of it. :-)

Really pleased the mystery has been solved. I'm sure you have made their Christmas.

Kath. x

Not sure about Christmas, but hopefully their Mid-winter festival ;-)

Pleased you have sorted your mystery. Hope 'Auntie' finds the rest, although she doesn't seem to know how much she had to start with. A bit careless to lose all that money I suspect she will be more careful in future. Was it the girls' money?

Don't know, Ann, although I suspect not. The girls mum would have mentioned that when she called. It's more likely to have been money for a last minute "can you get..." as they left the house.